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What’s the Buzz?

17th February 2010 by Simon G

The web is full of social networks. Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Bebo, LinkedIn, XING, and now… Google Buzz.

Google launched their own foray into the world of social networking last week (somewhat a little later than it’s search rival Yahoo!) with what seems like little concern for privacy, but aptly a lot of Buzz.

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This all seems like an over-reaction. When you turn Buzz on for the first time it gives you several opportunities to opt out, select who is and is not in your circle, etc. I think Facebook has done stuff that is much worse and people don’t flip out like this. People need to pay attention before clicking ‘ok’

@Marty – I don’t think you’re alone with that opinion… the only difference may be that Facebook gave some level of warning or introduction to their various privacy changes along the way (all of which gained media exposure). Google’s first iteration of Buzz, however, seemed to jump straight in to building your “new social network” with little explanation around the impact this may have to your GMail privacy settings. It will be interesting to see where this goes…. Thanks for the comment!

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